Laparoscopic Gastric Wedge Resection
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Procedure Outline
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- Incise skin and dissect down to fascia.
- Place fascial stay sutures and open fascia and peritoneum.
- Sweep any abdominal structures away from port site with finger sweep.
- Place umbilical port.
- Other two ports placed under direct vision of camera passed through abdominal port.
- Identify any peritoneal adhesions.
- Under direct vision via umbilical port
- Ligasure used to divide short gastric vessels close to edge of greater curvature of the stomach.
- Mass tattooed preoperatively by gastroenterology service.
- Endo-GIA stapler with 45mm load used to staple across base of mass.
- Removal of specimen via endo-catch bag
- Inspection of abdominal contents and gastric staple line
- Fascial closure
- Infiltration of local anesthetic